Active Archives

http://www.activearchives.org

Research and development of free software archive tools in collaboration with cultural institutions.

Constant has a long history in working with and reflecting on memory, forgetting, preserving and disclosure. The current challenge is in connecting digital archives with open standards on one side and working with web 2.0 indexation systems on the other, keeping in mind that privacy is a priority and ’not indexing’ is not an option.

The archives of cultural institutions are rich in material, they manifest different archiving techniques and specific characteristics, they often share features and problems with colleague-institutes, such as for example: How do you categorize? Who is author or collaborator? Are collaborators writers or protagonists with a different role?


Related events

Talk and open workshop session, Online Archive: Erkki Kurenniemi (In 2048)

2012
For the past few months, Michael Murtaugh and Nicolas Malevé have been running a series of experiments with a subset of the archive of Erkki Kurenniemi, artists and technology pioneer who (...)

Online Archive: Erkki Kurenniemi (In 2048)

2012
For Documenta 13 Constantmembers Nicolas Malevé and Michael Murtaugh are developing a series of experiments in connection with the archive of Erkki Kurenniemi, the Finnish artist and technology (...)

Présentation d’AA Videowiki dans Archipel

2011
Dans le cadre du project de digitalisation ’Archipel’ Constant a développé le ’Active Archives Videowiki’ en collaboration avec BAM. Archipel est un projet né du besoin d’une infrastructure (...)

AA Videowiki presentation in Archipel conference

2011
In the framework of the digitalisation project ’Archipel’ Constant developed the ’Active Archives Videowiki’ in collaboration with BAM. During the closure event of the Archipel project Michael (...)

Expanded Publications #10: Oral Site

2011
Sneak preview par Sarma & Constant Oral Site est un nouveau logiciel FLOSS et site web, développé par Myriam Van Imschoot avec une équipe de programmeurs, écrivains spécialistes de son de (...)

Expanded Publications #10: Oral Site

2011
Sneak preview van Sarma & Constant

Expanded Publications #10: Oral Site

2011
Sneak preview by Sarma & Constant Oral Site is a new open source software and website that Myriam Van Imschoot develops with a team of programmers, writers and sound specialists of Sarma, (...)

Tagging Matters: Table de Cuisine

2011
Tagging Matters explore le travail d’écriture de tagging en relation aux idées derrière le Web Sémantique. Active Archives a pris comme point de départ, "nous ne sommes pas des îles", et est (...)

Tagging Matters: Keukentafel presentaties

2011
Tagging Matters verkende het tekstuele karakter van metadata in relatie tot ideeën achter het Semantisch Web. Het project Active Archives startte vanuit het principe "we zijn geen eilanden", en (...)

Tagging Matters: Kitchentable presentaties

2011
Tagging Matters explores the writerly work of tagging in relation to ideas behind the Semantic Web. Active Archives started on the principle of "we are no islands", looking for ways of linking (...)